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Debates of the Legislative Assembly Second Session, 40th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Aft ernoon Sitting Volume 14, Number 3 THE HONOURABLE LINDA REID, SPEAKER ISSN 0709-1281 (Print) ISSN 1499-2175 (Online) PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Her Honour the Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC Second Session, 40th Parliament SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Linda Reid EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Premier and President of the Executive Council ..............................................................................................................Hon. Christy Clark Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing ......................Hon. Rich Coleman Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation ......................................................................................................... Hon. John Rustad Minister of Advanced Education ............................................................................................................................................ Hon. Amrik Virk Minister of Agriculture ........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Norm Letnick Minister of Children and Family Development .......................................................................................................Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ...........................................................................................Hon. Coralee Oakes Minister of Education ..................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Peter Fassbender Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review .....................................................................Hon. Bill Bennett Minister of Environment ..........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Mary Polak Minister of Finance .................................................................................................................................................. Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations......................................................................................Hon. Steve Th omson Minister of Health ...............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacifi c Strategy and Multiculturalism ..................Hon. Teresa Wat Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour ...................................................Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business ....................................................................................................Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Minister of Justice ...............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Suzanne Anton Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation......................................................................................................Hon. Don McRae Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services ................................................................................... Hon. Andrew Wilkinson Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................Hon. Todd Stone LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Offi cial Opposition ...................................................................................................................................................John Horgan Deputy Speaker .............................................................................................................................................................................Douglas Horne Assistant Deputy Speaker ............................................................................................................................................................... Raj Chouhan Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ....................................................................................................................................... Marc Dalton Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ................................................................................................................................................... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sessional Law Clerk ...................................................................................................................................................Roderick MacArthur, QC Sergeant-at-Arms .................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING Anton, Hon. Suzanne (BC Liberal) ..............................Vancouver-Fraserview Abbotsford-Mission ......................................................................Simon Gibson Ashton, Dan (BC Liberal).....................................................................Penticton Abbotsford South ............................................................................Darryl Plecas Austin, Robin (NDP) ................................................................................ Skeena Abbotsford West ...................................................... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Bains, Harry (NDP) ....................................................................Surrey-Newton Alberni–Pacifi c Rim ..........................................................................Scott Fraser Barnett, Donna (BC Liberal) ...............................................Cariboo-Chilcotin Boundary-Similkameen ................................................................ Linda Larson Bennett, Hon. Bill (BC Liberal) ...................................................Kootenay East Burnaby–Deer Lake ...................................................................Kathy Corrigan Bernier, Mike (BC Liberal) ...................................................Peace River South Burnaby-Edmonds ..........................................................................Raj Chouhan Bing, Dr. Doug (BC Liberal) ................................Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Burnaby-Lougheed .............................................................Jane Jae Kyung Shin Bond, Hon. Shirley (BC Liberal) ...........................Prince George–Valemount Burnaby North ..............................................................................Richard T. Lee Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (BC Liberal) ................................Surrey-Cloverdale Cariboo-Chilcotin ........................................................................Donna Barnett Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) .................................Vancouver–West End Cariboo North ....................................................................Hon. Coralee Oakes Chouhan, Raj (NDP) ...........................................................Burnaby-Edmonds Chilliwack .........................................................................................John Martin Clark, Hon. Christy (BC Liberal) ........................................Westside-Kelowna Chilliwack-Hope ....................................................................... Laurie Th roness Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal) ...........................Fort Langley–Aldergrove Columbia River–Revelstoke ..................................................Norm Macdonald Conroy, Katrine (NDP) .............................................................. Kootenay West Comox Valley...........................................................................Hon. Don McRae Corrigan, Kathy (NDP) .....................................................Burnaby–Deer Lake Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Dalton, Marc (BC Liberal) ............................................. Maple Ridge–Mission Coquitlam-Maillardville........................................................... Selina Robinson Darcy, Judy (NDP) ..................................................................New Westminster Cowichan Valley ................................................................................ Bill Routley de Jong, Hon. Michael, QC (BC Liberal) ..............................Abbotsford West Delta North ..................................................................................Scott Hamilton Dix, Adrian (NDP)............................................................Vancouver-Kingsway Delta South...............................................................................Vicki Huntington Donaldson, Doug (NDP) ......................................................................... Stikine Esquimalt–Royal Roads
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